CHRONIC MIGRAINE: CLINICAL PICTURE, PATHOGENESIS, TREATMENT

Аннотация

Migraine is one of the most well-known and widespread neurological diseases, occurring in the adult population with an average frequency of 12% [Lipton, 2001]. Chronic migraine (CM), being a well-known clinical problem, was identified as a separate form of headache only in 2004 in the International Classification of Headache Disorders, Second Revision. Chronic migraine is classified as a complication of migraine. Migraine, while not a fatal disease, significantly reduces the quality of life of patients [Osipova, 2003]. The World Health Organization has included migraine in the group of the most maladaptive chronic diseases. The financial and economic costs associated with temporary disability, as well as with the diagnosis and treatment of migraine, are enormous and comparable to the costs of cardiovascular diseases [Stovner et al., 2007; Burton et al., 2009].